Seeing him hold her,
it’s as if the ideal becomes them.
Love
ebbs silently, weaves
nightmares into
celebration.
Everlasting.
A/N: Not based on my personal life; adjacent, maybe.
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Mackenzie Davis
“When you are describing a shape, or sound, or tint, don’t state the matter plainly, but put it in a hint. And learn to look at all things with a sort of mental squint.” Lewis Carroll
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Great poem, and this part so wonderful - Love ebbs silently, weaves nightmares into celebration.
Stunning work, Mackenzie! Love the intentional use of formatting you used so effectively in several of these acrostics!
I know the feeling... Love the symbolism and literal take on this too!! Very clever Mackenzie!!
Beautiful!
Wowser! That is incredibly layered with meaning, Mackenzie! Well done! This one will stick with me for a while!
Oh my. Such deception.
Its all how we tell it.
The vexing ambiguity of "weaves / nightmares into / celebration" -- are the nightmares redeemed, or is the celebration tainted? And how does that change the timbre of that last reverberating line? A photo is everlastingly static; our response is what moves.
I had the same thought as Poppy while reading this! Loved it!
How do you say sooo much I’m so few words?! It’s magic, I swear
“weaves nightmares into celebration” Watch out world! Mackenzie has emerged from the mists of the real world to bless us with my new favourite line by her! Holy cow! This painted such a lush and vivid picture in my mind! Thank you so much for sharing with us! ❤️